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Congress’s War Powers Must Be Made a Reality Congress’s War Powers Must Be Made a Reality
It’s time to put an end to the establishment default about endless wars without victory or sense in the Middle East.
Oct 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Noam Chomsky Diagnoses the Trump Era Noam Chomsky Diagnoses the Trump Era
The president has abetted the collapse of a decaying system; Chomsky explains how.
Oct 3, 2017 / Q&A / Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian
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Bernie Sanders Opened A New Foreign-Policy Debate Bernie Sanders Opened A New Foreign-Policy Debate
But there are a lot of details that still need to be filled in.
Sep 28, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
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Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia? Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia?
“Russiagate” is abetting the possibility of direct military conflict with Moscow, and liberals, once opponents of such politics, are promoting it.
Sep 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
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Is Trump Following a ‘Japan First’ Policy Against Kim Jong-un? Is Trump Following a ‘Japan First’ Policy Against Kim Jong-un?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has emerged as a major influence on Trump’s North Korea policy.
Sep 27, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
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Trump’s First Speech Before the UN Was an Absurd, Bombastic Disaster Trump’s First Speech Before the UN Was an Absurd, Bombastic Disaster
After the president tells the UN that the US can “totally destroy North Korea,” it is time for Congress to put the brakes on Trump.
Sep 19, 2017 / John Nichols
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Will Russia Leave the West? Will Russia Leave the West?
The new Cold War could drive the planet’s largest country, long anchored politically in both geopolitical worlds, eastward to stay.
Sep 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
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Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’? Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’?
Just as there is no forensic evidence of a Kremlin “attack on our democracy” in 2016, there is no political logic for Putin’s alleged motives.
Sep 6, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
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Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again
The war hawks are wrong when they say that past negotiations, like the 1994 Agreed Framework, didn’t make a difference.
Sep 5, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
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Growing Up With Big Brother Growing Up With Big Brother
A historian tracks half a century of evolving state surveillance.
Aug 24, 2017 / Alfred McCoy